Tim at Celerent.com gave the only answer and the correct answer:
i had to change the connection type on all the connections on the HSG80.
the default is NT, and this is what i absent-mindedly left them at.
changing the connection types to tru64 let the install proceed fine.
--Brandon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brandon Smith [SMTP:brandon.smith_at_totaltec.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 5:02 PM
> To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: 5.0a install onto HSG80 unit
>
> i'm doing a fresh install of 5.0a on a pair of HSG80s. i have two 8-port
> switches - i'm using multipathing. this is a single DS10 accessing the
> unit; no other Alphas on the SAN.
>
> during the install of 5.0a, it seems to get "stuck" at "Creating the root
> file system on device dsk3a" at the percentage screen at 0%. i can still
> pull up the xwindows workspace menu, so the box isn't "frozen," just
> "stuck." any ideas?
>
> i can see the unit and it's four paths fine at the SRM, and i've done a
> local boot on the DS10 and accessed a regular HSG80 unit fine.
>
> --Brandon
>
Received on Tue Apr 10 2001 - 16:19:12 NZST